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Classical Philology 1. Roman Political Antiquities. Dr. Howard. Harvard...
Classical Philology 1. Roman Political Antiquities. Dr. Howard. Harvard...
...FRIDAY.Classical Philology 1. Roman Political Antiquities. Dr. Howard. Harvard...
...most striking thing, said Professor Greenough, in Roman life is the scarcity of houses furniture. The Romans seemed to prefer fine decorations to comfortable rooms. The amount and variety of decorations attract ones attention, especially those on the walls. Usually two rows of columns supported the ceiling, the rows being on either side of the room, and the wall between these rooms was always decorated. Plates or slabs of marble were usually used as an ancient form of decoration. A representation of windows was often resorted to as a mode beautifying a room, while on these windows, which were themselves...
Variations were frequent in the Roman art; porticos are often found and by the porticos are paintings made so as to resemble hanging pictures. The subjects painted in these panels, are for the most part of a religious and semi-religious character. Sacred trees with emblems are very common pictures. The representation of the Divinity is also common, especially among the poorer classes, as such pictures were thought to protect the inmates of a dwelling...